1. Noun
A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.
2. Noun
Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
3. Noun
A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them.
4. Noun
A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice.
5. Verb
To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.
6. Verb
To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt.
7. Verb
To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations.
8. Noun
a reply that repeats what has just been said
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